2019 was another great year for horror movies, capping off what is arguably the best decade for this genre in cinematic history. While there were a number of great films that could be classified as horror based on their content, such as Jennifer Kent’s sophomore feature The Nightingale and Jen McGowan’s Rust Creek, this list will only include those classified as horror films. 18 of these films we were fortunate enough to see theatrically with an audience, while the other three we had to either watch on physical media or streaming. Please note that this is not a “best of” list like other publications have done but rather a list of our 25 personal favorites. (As we always note when creating a list like this, we haven’t seen every horror film this year but these are our favorites as of today’s posting date).

1. Us

2. Doctor Sleep

3. The Nightshifter

4. Midsommar

5. Happy Death Day 2 U

6. Climax

7. Trespassers

8. Ma

9. The Perfection

10. The Lighthouse

11. The Hole in the Ground

12. The Prodigy

13. Ready or Not

14. Pet Sematary

15. Brightburn

16. Bliss

17. Escape Room

18. Scary Stories to Tell in the Dark

19. Child’s Play 

20. Crawl

21. Harpoon

22. I Spit On Your Grave: Deja Vu

23. The Wind

24.  Mary

25. I Trapped the Devil